Medical Assistant - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"strongOur purpose is Better Health. Specializing in primary care for patients 65+ is our passion./strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongWhat’s Your Why?/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span• Are you looking for a career opportunity that will help you grow personally and professionally? /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span• Do you have a passion for helping others achieve /spanspanBetter/spanspan Health? /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span• Are you ready to join a growing team that shares your mission?/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongWhy Join Our Team:/strongspan At VIPcare, we value you. We see you. Team Members at VIPcare are living their /spanspanwhy/spanspan and building their careers with a reliable team that shares their mission of providing 5-star service that always puts patient care and outcomes first. At VIPcare, it’s the little things we do each and every day /spanspanthat set us apart from other primary care practices. Our patients are family, and we want to keep our family healthy. Be part of a team that is transforming healthcare one patient at a time. /spanspanWe take great care of our team so they can take great care of our patients and achieve: Better Care. Better Outcomes. /spanspanBetter/spanspan Health./span/p Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"strongPosition Objective:/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"strong /strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"The Medical Assistant is a clinical role and is responsible for administrative and clinical tasks, such as maintaining patient records, preparing patients and rooms for examination, assisting physicians with exams, and performing front-desk tasks. This role is a safety-sensitive position as it involves direct patient care and administering medication. The incumbent will report to the Office Manager (or similar role) and will provide physician support services while providing positive patient experiences. /pp style="margin: 0px;"strong /strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongResponsibilities:/strong/pulli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Greet and prepare patients for provider examination by obtaining patient history, chief complaint, current medications, medical history, allergies, surgical history, family history, social history, and other preventative medicine reviews, take patients' vitals,  and record information in the patient electronic medical record /p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Assist provider with examination, treatments, and procedures as directed/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Maintain complete and detailed records, electronically in the EMR, of patients’ information/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Measure and record vital signs and record them in the EMR/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Accurately and professionally handle all front-desk operations, including answering phones, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, addressing routine inquiries, and triaging calls/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Maintain patient medical records in accordance with the center's policy/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or providers’ instructions to patients/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Prepare both patient and room for examination/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Complete patient phone calls including, but not limited to, proactive care coordination, medication reminders, appointment reminders, transitional care management, and complete documentation with telephone encounters accordingly./p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Provide both patient and provider support during procedures by handing instruments or equipment to the physician as directed/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Clean and sterilize instruments and equipment after use and dispose of contaminated supplies/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Perform clinical duties including administration of oral and injectable medications, irrigation of eyes and ears, dresses and bandages wounds and incisions, starts and monitors IV infusion, and assists physicians with any/all procedures as requested/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Perform in-office diagnostic tests including eye exams, electrocardiograph, administration of oxygen as ordered, pulse oximetry, peak flow, and inhalation treatments./p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Perform in-office CLIA-waived lab tests /p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Carry out quality controls related to lab equipment and testing, complete and maintain lab-related logs, perform PT/INR utilizing CoaguChek/Coag Sense machine, and perform glucose testing utilizing glucometer/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Accurately complete electronic medical records to include medical services rendered, test results, and supplies used/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Monitor disposable inventory and place orders for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals as requested/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Draw blood and process specimens for send-out/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Provide patient education as directed by the provider/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Assist front office tasks by performing additional clerical duties, including patient check-in/out, referrals, prescription medication management, inbound/outbound telephone calls etc./p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Help maintain an adequate inventory of office medications and medical supplies and orders as needed/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Assist in onboarding and training new Team Members/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Assist with inventory and maintaining office supplies/p/li/ululli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Additional duties as assigned/p/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strongbr /br //strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongPosition Requirements/ Skills:/strong/pulli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"High school diploma or equivalent required/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Completion of Accredited Medical Assistant program, preferred (RMA or CMA)/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Medical Assistant/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"CPR certification, preferred/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"IV Start Certification, preferred/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Phlebotomy experience, preferred (knowledge of various collection methods and testing, such as bleeding times, collecting donor blood, bedside testing, and preparing specimens)/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Knowledge of medical coding, preferred/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Knowledge of HIPPA, preferred/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Knowledge of OSHA, preferred/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Working knowledge of common prescription medications that treat conditions and diseases for the the patient population assigned/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Basic computer skills, including familiarity with electronic medical records/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Must be able to display excellent telephone and switchboard etiquette/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Proficient with Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for real-time collaboration/p/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strong /strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongPhysical Requirements:/strong/pulli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Full range of body motion, including handling and transferring patients, manual and finger dexterity; including eye-hand coordination/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Requires standing, walking, pushing, bending, kneeling, and reaching at arm’s length and overhead in a clinic for prolonged periods of time /p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Requires ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods of time/p/li/ululli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Must be able to lift and move patients and medical equipment as needed/p/li/ululli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Requires ability to lift/carry up to 15 lbs /p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Ability to sit for extended periods of time/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Ability to operate a computer and telephone/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Have own means of transportation/p/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strong /strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongKey Attributes/ Skills:/strong/pulli dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Has a contagious and positive work ethic, inspires others, and models the behaviors of core values and guiding principles/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"An effective team player who contributes valuable ideas and feedback and can be counted on to meet commitments/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Is able to work within our Better Health environment by facing tasks and challenges with energy and passion/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Pursues activities with focus and drive, defines work in terms of success, and can be counted on to complete goals/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Demonstrated ability to handle data with confidentiality/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams; ability to work independently with minimal supervision/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Excellent organizational, time-management, and multi-tasking skills with strong attention to detail/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be comfortable communicating with patients, providers, health plans, and internal/external stakeholders/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Strong interpersonal and presentation skills/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Must be results-oriented with a focus on quality execution and delivery/p/lili dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc;" aria-level="1"p role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;"Appreciation of cultural diversity and sensitivity toward target patient populations/p/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongCOMPENSATION BENEFITS/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"We offer a HIGHLY competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package:/pulliCompetitive base salary/liliMedical, dental, vision, disability and life/lili401k, with employer match/liliPaid time off/liliPaid holidays/li/ul Pay Range: USD $17.00 - USD $20.00 /Hr.